Melting away

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I went to the bank today to do a few transactions. that is unusual because I like to do as much work on-line as possible. It had just snowed and I thought I’d step into the branch office to warm up a minutte while I did my business.

I noticed the bank had heaters under the sidewalk. The snow was melting in a nice pattern and the sidewalk was clearing itself. Nice idea. I wonder what it cost them to tear out the old sidewalk and install the system. I wonder how much money they will save on salt cost and labor cost, since they won’t have to bother clearing their sidewalk any longer. I wonder how much longer their sidewalk will last, now that it won’t be subjected to the freeze/thaw cycles nor will it suffer from salt erosion.

I’d like that feature at my house. If you look around you, you will see all sorts of neat solutions that solve a range of problems.

What are you developing?

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